Episode 128 : Betwixt the cup and the lip

It was early days at Specific Gravity. One such day at lunch time, I wandered into the lobby to take the elevator to the cafeteria.

(Which brings me to the question- why do "things" happen only at lunch time?)

That's when I noticed her.

A short, slim dusky female with straightened hair walked out of the elevator, and towards the glass door at the other end of the lobby.

I never got to know her name, till many months later when I spotted her at the building-level organisation meeting.

Actually, I noticed the shoes she was wearing. Black leather boots that easily covered her ankles..., and a thought struck me.

I need those type of boots for my bike rides. I should have gone for the Woodlands boots instead of Woodlands sport shoes!

Leaning over to my colleague, I discreetly gestured towards her and asked 'What's her name?'

'Divya' he said, and added 'but she's taken'.

I grinned. 'That's the default status I give to any attractive female.'

Many weeks passed. She had lunch with her colleagues at around the same time I did. But we never spoke.

Nor did I find any need to. I continued to live life like a hardened ascetic.

One evening, earlier this month. I was preparing my coffee when she entered the pantry. I was taking a spoonful of sugar out of the container when I looked up…

… To see her walk towards me and stop a foot away, waiting for me to finish taking the sugar.

I looked at the spoon in my right hand. Empty.

I looked at the coffee cup in my left hand. Half a spoonful of sugar in the cup.

I stared at the counter. Sugar granules were all over the place.

So much for living like a "hardened ascetic".